Acacia inaequiloba
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| Acacia inaequiloba | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. inaequiloba |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia inaequiloba | |
| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia inaequiloba is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to south western Australia.
The compact multi-stemmed and pungent shrub typically grows to a height of 0.15 to 0.6 metres (0.5 to 2.0 ft).[1] It has straight and erect branchlets that are rigid, spinose, usually glabrous and often with a powdery white coating. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The variable evergreen phyllodes have an asymmetrically obtriangular or very narrowly oblong-elliptic shape. The pungent, dull grey green to blue phyllodes with a length of 1 to 4.5 cm (0.39 to 1.77 in) and a width of 2 to 10 mm (0.079 to 0.394 in) with a midrib near the abaxial margin and obscure lateral nerves.[2] It produces yellow flowers from July to September.[1]